Organizational studies and human resource management

Should This Team Be Saved? (MN102 – Case 3) This case describes a three-person team attempting to rejuvenate a skincare division of a large North American company. The once successful team is flagging and the team leader must decide whether to keep the team together. From my reading of this case, I can clearly see three main issues facing the team involved. The first issue facing the team is a generational difference which can be seen in the different attitudes and motivations of the team…

what is meant by “leader” versus “manager.” The phrase “leader” versus “manager.” is used to show and compere how Leading is related to managing, Bennis and Nanus (1985:21) help us understand the broader role of supervision in their discussion of management and leadership: “To be a manager is to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of, responsibility for, to conduct. Leading, on the other hand, is influencing, guiding in direction, course, action, opinion.” They go on to say that managers…

Africa for work. He was humiliated there numerous times and would often take up the cases of troubled black or Indian people in a struggle for human rights. He got a taste for non-violent protests and idea of Satyagraha (Devotion to truth) there and often protested in South Africa. His activism in S.A had already made him a widely known champion of human rights. No matter where he went he saw the tyranny of the British rule and decided it was finally time to go back to India. Gandhi gave two…

functioning properly for the business to succeed (Morley and Tiernan 2013). For one area to succeed, the other must be equally as effective. Like Fayol, Taylor also progressed his management thought and ideas from his experiences and further quoted those in his two books, Shop Management (1903) and Principles of Scientific Management (1911). Taylor developed four main…

A workplace is an adaptation towards a place where workers feel they are being appreciated for their work and where they feel they are supported to sustain a lifestyle, which is by all means is healthy. A healthy place of work helps employees have a good balance between home liabilities and work at their offices by providing them a chance to participate in the activities which are beneficial for the mental and physical health of employees (Carleton.ca, 2015). A Healthy and Nourishing…

Leadership can be defined as the art of guiding a group towards attaining a common goal. Many leadership skills have been developed to try and explain why certain people have turned into leaders. These theories try to identify the characteristics of people assuming leadership roles and try to find out they can improve their leadership skills. Some theories suggest that leaders are born with leadership traits while others suggest that experience gained can help in making great leaders. Other…

When I applied for the program, it was due to the recommendation and encouragement by my superiors. At that moment, I had no idea on what was IATSS Forum. I learnt from the brochure and the website that it was about Leadership Program. As I was still new to my managerial position at the company with two years’ experience, we thought that this program will be a good foundation to build my managerial skills and capabilities. Next, was the application, screening, and the interview process.…

While the upper class will dislike her, as an aristocrat dislikes his common folk, the lower-class audience will feel indifferent to her. Upon introducing the note taker as Higgins, the upper-class audience will likely enjoy his personality, as his studies in lower-class speech pattern will depict him favourably. After Higgins educates Eliza, she will express concern as to where she will go, after Higgins has won his wager. After Higgins suggests releasing her back into the lower-class, Eliza…

several possible organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) that Harry Simpson performed before his performance decline. Organizational Citizenship (OCB) refers to the activities those are good for the organization. First, the organization citizenship behavior is the employees that complete their own work tasks and take the responsibilities to the work. Second, the organizational citizenship behaviors do not exist as an organizational reward or punishment. Third, the organizational citizenship…

Taxonomy of Leadership Theory Taxonomy is more than classification in that it consists of these three portions: (1) classification, (2) nomenclature, and (3) identification. In taxonomy, contiguity and similarity are the basic classifications with the foundation of the system being the individual unit. Transformational Leadership Transformational leadership theory is the process whereby a person engages with other individuals to create a connection that will raises the level of motivation and…